Sentences with phrase «evaluation deal»

The deadline for approving a teacher evaluation deal, and tapping into $ 250 million in state education aid, is approaching.

After the state's teacher evaluation deal in February, five districts refined their applications sufficiently to have their funding restored.

Her research interests are in the area of program evaluation dealing with anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder in particular.

A reportedly «historic» teacher evaluation deal between Los Angeles Unified and the teachers union would solidify the dismal status quo.

Essentially, the state department has discovered that Buffalo Superintendent Pam Brown told the Buffalo Federation of Teachers President Philip Rumore in a Jan. 15, 2013 letter that the district's new teacher - evaluation deal about to receive approval from the state education department wouldn't impact any teacher's employment.

Paterson said the teacher evaluation deal agreed to by unions will put New York «at the top of the list» for Round II of «Race to the Top» applications.

Two days after Brown wrote that letter to Rumore, the News reported, the state education department signed off on the Buffalo evaluation deal, apparently unaware of Brown's letter to Rumore.

As a deadline on a teacher evaluation deal neared, the groups anxiously supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo's work to add weight to test scores for assessing teachers.

Another name that has been floated is State Education Commissioner John King, who helped broker the teacher evaluation deal between the United Federation of Teachers and the Bloomberg administration.

In a recent op - ed published by the New York Daily News, the father of two Brooklyn public school students gives a first - hand account of just how important it is that the teachers» union and City officials come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation deal.

NYU Prof. Diane Ravitch on today's teacher evaluation deal: «This is a dark day for education in New York.»

Cuomo introduced the measure last night after saying earlier Monday that he was in rush to see the evaluation deal move forward.

One NYC parent gives a first - hand account of just how important it is that the teachers» union and City officials come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation deal.

The new appeals process, however, will not go into effect unless Mayor Bloomberg negotiates agreements with the UFT for an overall teacher evaluation deal.

«The appeal process will not go into effect unless and until Mayor Bloomberg negotiates agreements with the UFT for an overall teacher evaluation deal... for schools eligible for School Improvement Grants,» Mulgrew said in a statement, adding that «the Mayor's obsession with closing schools presents a significant barrier to us reaching that overall agreement.»

What's next for the much - discussed teacher evaluation deal that was ratified by classroom teachers earlier this month?

Previous posts: Union Warns Against Rejecting Teacher Evaluation Deal, Teachers Set to Vote on Evaluation, Voices Urge «No» Vote On Evaluation, Next Steps to Finalize Teacher Deal (For more coverage, see: LA Times, Daily News, KPCC, Ed Source)

After the evaluation deal collapsed, other dominoes fell: earlier this year, the Board of Regents, led by opt - out ally Betty Rosa, did away with a rule requiring potential New York teachers pass a literacy test.

But he has stayed out of negotiations entirely this time around, though he said yesterday that since he wrote the law that ties state funding to an evaluation deal, his presence at the negotiating table is felt.

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Former Washington DC schools superintendent Michelle Rhee credits LAUSD and UTLA for making progress with their tentative teacher evaluation deal but describes it as» falling short in many ways» and cites it as an example of the need for a «strong statewide policy governing teachers» performance evaluations.»

Sydney Morris, the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Educators 4 Excellence, discusses the teacher evaluation deal.

Through two new videos, E4E shares teachers» points of view on why reaching an evaluation deal in New York City is important (NY Daily News» Daily Politics).

Educators for Excellence, a teacher advocacy group, also suggested that the city's plans were un-novel solutions to a bigger problem: the lack of a teacher evaluation deal.

E4E - NY teachers set 2013 New Year's resolutions, making the case for an evaluation deal to be reached by the January 17 deadline in order to accomplish their...

Jonathan Schleifer called on the city and the union to «stop pointing fingers» and come to an evaluation deal (WABC - 7).

With just two weeks remaining before a mandatory deadline for a teacher evaluation deal, Educators 4 Excellence classroom teachers have launched a 2013 New Year's Resolution video campaign focused on why a comprehensive evaluation system is sorely needed in New York City.

According to last month's evaluation deal, superintendents will have to conduct two observations for each principal she supervises, one unannounced.

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An evaluation deal that is too easily undone will tarnish that legacy.

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As we already know, this evaluation deal has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our students but everything to do with creating a system that breaks us and our union to further the privatization agenda.

The evaluation deal wasn't officially reached until the start of this year, yet the state superintendent said the evaluation's terms would apply retroactively to the 2011 - 12 school year, as well as the current school year.

That covers a big gap between when the law revamping teacher evaluations was passed (2010) and when Buffalo actually reached an evaluation deal with teachers.

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